my one and only life

Here's a great quote from the movie, P.S. I Love You:

"This is my one and only life,
and it's a great and terrible
and a short and endless thing,
and none of us come out of it alive."

I attended the funeral of a friend this week. She was 45 years old, killed suddenly in the middle of life. There were over a thousand people at her funeral, all celebrating her life and the impact she had had on their lives.

And here is what really struck me: all these people were touched by love. They were not there because of what my friend had done, what she had built or how she had succeeded. They were there because she had loved them and by loving them had added value to their lives.

I wonder if half as many people will attend my funeral. If they do, it will not be because I was successful; it will be because I loved them.

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor 13:13)